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It seems now that a number of Dems who voted against expelling him because of "due process" concerns are now solidly in the expel him camp.  And rightfully so.  If this comes to a vote, I find it hard that any Dem will vote to keep him.  It also may be difficult for a number of QOP members to save him now.  Tick Tock.

 

EDIT:  saw this

 

Ethics Chairman Michael Guest said after the committee’s report was released that he would file a motion on Friday to expel Santos, R-N.Y., from the House.

 

Guest is a Republican for Mississippi.  You know he's probably cooked.

 

 

https://apnews.com/article/ethics-congress-santos-5ebffe514d8779fbc16a77fa1ab5e0df

 

Rep. George Santos won’t seek reelection after a scathing ethics report cites evidence of lawbreaking

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Nevada joins Michigan, Georgia, and Arizona as states that opened investigations into fake elector schemes.  It's unclear if this investigation will end up in indictments, but if I was one of the fake electors, I'd be getting legal representation pronto.

 

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/msnbc/nevada-attorney-general-fake-electors-investigation-rcna125417

 

Nevada attorney general opens probe into Trump 2020 fake electors

Aaron Ford had said he wouldn’t look into criminal charges, but things have changed.
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The Economist’s ‘World Ahead’ Guide Declares Donald Trump The Biggest Global Threat In 2024

 

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/the-economists-world-ahead-guide-declares-donald-trump-the-biggest-global-threat-in-2024/

Supreme Court Deals DeSantis a Blow, Says Florida Can’t Enforce Anti-Drag Show Law

 

https://www.mediaite.com/news/supreme-court-deals-desantis-a-blow-says-florida-cant-enforce-anti-drag-show-law/

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Conservatives Ring In The Holidays By Crying Over Target’s LGBTQ-Friendly Products

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conservatives-target-lgbtq-products-holidays_n_655724f3e4b0e4767013c1ed

 

Conservatives are being some serious scrooges this holiday season over Target’s inclusive Christmas products.

 

The retail giant was already hit by a storm of right-wing whiners over its Pride Month products earlier this year.

 

Now, Target is receiving more conservative backlash due to its merchandise, this time because of its “Pride Christmas Nutcracker” products and Santa Claus figurines in wheelchairs.

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7 minutes ago, The Arrogant Worms said:

Conservatives Ring In The Holidays By Crying Over Target’s LGBTQ-Friendly Products

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conservatives-target-lgbtq-products-holidays_n_655724f3e4b0e4767013c1ed

 

Conservatives are being some serious scrooges this holiday season over Target’s inclusive Christmas products.

 

The retail giant was already hit by a storm of right-wing whiners over its Pride Month products earlier this year.

 

Now, Target is receiving more conservative backlash due to its merchandise, this time because of its “Pride Christmas Nutcracker” products and Santa Claus figurines in wheelchairs.

 

imagine being triggered by "pride nutcracker" 😂 

 

people are getting dumber. 

 

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Guest could call the expulsion measure to the floor as a privileged resolution when the House reconvenes after Thanksgiving, which would set the stage for a third referendum on ousting the embattled lawmaker.

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4314771-ethics-chairman-introduces-santos-expulsion-resolution-after-damning-report/

Ethics chair introduces Santos expulsion resolution after damning report

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Here's a little something for the "CNN is just as bad as Fox" crowd.....

 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/the-real-reason-fox-news-spread-false-election-and-insurrection-claims-analysis/ar-AA1k6QtG?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=470291cbf5f240d5a94a5531906efdc6&ei=15

 

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Fox News didn’t promote conservative propaganda that downplayed an insurrection and defamed a voting machine company to the tune of $1.6 billion because of deep-rooted political beliefs, a new analysis contends: They did it for cable company cash.

Media Matters for America News director John Whitehouse published Friday a damning opinion piece on MSNBC detailing the financial motivations he argues spurred Fox News' controversial coverage of the 2020 election and Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

“That gets to the money,” writes Whitehouse. “They use their audience to extract big payouts from the cable companies.”

As proof, Whitehouse points to an anecdote in former Fox News producer Jason Donner’s lawsuit, in which he claims he was fired for challenging the company-line coverage.

According to his complaint, Donner called the Fox News control room from the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and demanded they stop downplaying the violence.

“Tear gas is going off on the second floor in the Ohio clock corridor, rioters are storming the building, reports of shots fired outside the House Chamber,” Donner said. “I don’t want to hear any of this f----- s--- on our air ever again because you’re gonna get us all killed.”

This is a key point for Whitehouse, who says it shows Fox News knew they’re coverage wasn’t based in fact.

“Fox knew all of these were lies and allowed them anyway, pressuring people in the organization to follow along,” Whitehouse writes.

 

“Lives were ruined and the country was thrown into upheaval because of the way Fox chose to try to win back their attention.”

The attention Fox News seeks is that of viewers they risked losing to competing conservative outlets such as Newsmax and One America News, Whitehouse contends, because Fox News is funded by monthly fees on cable bills.

“Donner’s lawsuit shows Fox’s entire business model depends on demanding loyalty from its staff to keep the attention of its audience,” Whitehouse concludes.

“The propaganda is the point — regardless of the consequences for the rest of us.”

 

 

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3 minutes ago, RupertKBD said:

 

CNN is more ethical for sure, but still pretty alarmist a lot of the time in their headlines imo. 

 

But this kind of thing shouldn't be protected by the US 1st amendment, they should be held accountable. 

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4 minutes ago, RupertKBD said:

 

Is it me, or does that guy sound like he'd be the kind to make a run for the ...ahem... "White House"?  :hurhur:

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This date kinda boxes Judge MAGA (Cannon) in.  Either she gets her crap together, or she will have to delay the documents case to after the election.

 

I saw that as part of this, Willis has set a deadline for negotiated plea deals to June 2024.  After that point, there will be no negotiated plea deals.  The defendants who remain will be subject to maximum punishment as requested by Willis.  

 

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/17/georgia-da-seeks-aug-5-trial-for-trump-in-election-interference-case.html

Georgia DA seeks Aug. 5 trial for Trump in election interference case

  • Fulton County DA Fani Willis wants Donald Trump and other defendants in their Georgia election interference case to stand trial starting in early August 2024, three months before the presidential election.
  • Trump and the others are charged with crimes related to a bid to undo the 2020 election win of President Joe Biden in Georgia.
  • That proposed schedule would take into account potential delays in Trump’s other expected criminal trials next year.
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From former Fox News producer Jason Donner’s lawsuit alleging he was fired for challenging the networks 2020 election coverage and the attack on the Capitol on Jan 6.

 

‘You’re gonna get us all killed’: New lawsuit provides harrowing look at Fox News’ lies

Another tantalizing glimpse inside the Fox News machine.
 
 
 

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16 hours ago, RupertKBD said:

CNN is filth. Even their last head producer is now a convicted sexual predator. Thats the funniest part about CNN, after their 3 years of Stormy Daniels reporting, Chris Cuomo's brother was disgraced and removed from office for being a sexual predator. Their head producer got caught trying to illicit sex from a child, he got ten years in prison and they fired a guy for playing with himself on a zoom call and JUST REHIRED THE TOSSER! LOL !! And that tosser still has the nerve to do a Stormy Daniels special. Oh yeah i forgot the other allegations of sexual misconduct of Don Lemon too. What a station !! I don't watch Fox either, i'm not dumb enough to watch either.

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13 hours ago, the destroyer of worlds said:

This date kinda boxes Judge MAGA (Cannon) in.  Either she gets her crap together, or she will have to delay the documents case to after the election.

 

I saw that as part of this, Willis has set a deadline for negotiated plea deals to June 2024.  After that point, there will be no negotiated plea deals.  The defendants who remain will be subject to maximum punishment as requested by Willis.  

 

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/17/georgia-da-seeks-aug-5-trial-for-trump-in-election-interference-case.html

Georgia DA seeks Aug. 5 trial for Trump in election interference case

  • Fulton County DA Fani Willis wants Donald Trump and other defendants in their Georgia election interference case to stand trial starting in early August 2024, three months before the presidential election.
  • Trump and the others are charged with crimes related to a bid to undo the 2020 election win of President Joe Biden in Georgia.
  • That proposed schedule would take into account potential delays in Trump’s other expected criminal trials next year.

This will get him re-elected. They'll never learn.

Any body that isn't blinded by political bias sees this for what it is. Complete BS.

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On 11/16/2023 at 1:46 PM, the destroyer of worlds said:

Tell us again that the Russians had nothing to do with the TRUMP administration.  Nope, nothing at all.  

 

 

 

https://newrepublic.com/post/176934/giuliani-top-ukraine-allies-charged-putin-agents

Uh-Oh: Giuliani’s “Biden Sources” Charged With Being Putin Agents

The Ukrainian officials Rudy Giuliani used to investigate Joe Biden were just charged with treason.

 

Yeah but then we'd have to acknowledge Hunter Biden's ties with Barisma and all the corruption that happened in the Ukraine when Obama was president if we weren't so used to our biased news outlets. Biden is on camera bragging about using his influence to get people fired in the Ukraine. Biden is everything you said Trump was going to be. You said WW3 was going to happen with Trump yet Trump did the Abraham peace accords and that was the only time of peace there for the last 70 years. You said he was racist, yet he doubled the funding of the historic black colleges and pardoned ex heavy weight champion Jack Johnson. Why didn't Obama do that? Because he was busy lining his own pockets like misleaders Biden, Pelosi and Trudeau. Martha's Vineyard?

Trump made his money in real estate, not by being a vampiric old bourgeois, double dealing, insider trading politician with 5 decades of grubby hands in government cookie jar. Trump also kicked Epstein out of Mar i Lago. Seems like the loudest voices against Trump keep getting implicated in Epstein Island, the extremely perverted Stephen Colbert and Tom Hanks comes to mind. People in Hollywood cry Trump everyday but never mention their close relationship with Harvey Weinstein that spanned decades. They knew woman were being abused and said nothing, now they point the finger at Trump over Stormy Daniels? Ironic that.

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16 hours ago, The Arrogant Worms said:

Fox News Entirely Ignores Elon Musk’s Anti-Semitic Posts Because Of Course They Have

 

https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/fox-news-entirely-ignores-elon-musks-anti-semitic-posts-because-of-course-they-have/

 

I'm on X.

Elon Musk is not anti-semitic, he's  pro-semitic. His own words.

I haven't seen one tweet from him that would indicate he was anti-semitic.

I just read that weird article, what a waste of time.

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3 hours ago, Rob Eh said:

 

Yeah but then we'd have to acknowledge Hunter Biden's ties with Barisma and all the corruption that happened in the Ukraine when Obama was president if we weren't so used to our biased news outlets. Biden is on camera bragging about using his influence to get people fired in the Ukraine. Biden is everything you said Trump was going to be. You said WW3 was going to happen with Trump yet Trump did the Abraham peace accords and that was the only time of peace there for the last 70 years. You said he was racist, yet he doubled the funding of the historic black colleges and pardoned ex heavy weight champion Jack Johnson. Why didn't Obama do that? Because he was busy lining his own pockets like misleaders Biden, Pelosi and Trudeau. Martha's Vineyard?

Trump made his money in real estate, not by being a vampiric old bourgeois, double dealing, insider trading politician with 5 decades of grubby hands in government cookie jar. Trump also kicked Epstein out of Mar i Lago. Seems like the loudest voices against Trump keep getting implicated in Epstein Island, the extremely perverted Stephen Colbert and Tom Hanks comes to mind. People in Hollywood cry Trump everyday but never mention their close relationship with Harvey Weinstein that spanned decades. They knew woman were being abused and said nothing, now they point the finger at Trump over Stormy Daniels? Ironic that.

 

The basic problem with Trump, and has been from the start, is that he hates half the people in the world minimum.

 

Therefore, not fit to lead. 

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